{"conversationCode":"168-016","tapeNumber":168,"conversationNumber":16,"identifier":"37-wht-conversation-168-016","startDateTime":"1973-06-02T15:39:00.000Z","endDateTime":"1973-06-02T15:56:00.000Z","startDate":"2-Jun-1973","startTime":"11:39 AM","endDate":"2-Jun-1973","endTime":"11:56 AM","dateCertainty":"certain","timeCertainty":"estimated","participants":"Nixon, Richard M. (President); Camp David operator;","description":"On June 2, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon and Camp David operator talked on the telephone at Camp David at an unknown time between 11:39 am and 11:56 am. The Camp David Study Table taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 168-016 of the White House Tapes.","locationCode":"CDST","recordingDevice":"Camp David Study Table","latitudeEstimated":39.648333,"longitudeEstimated":-77.465,"chronCode":"5.5","chronRelease":"Fifth Chronological Release: Part V","chronReleaseDate":"21-Aug-2013","aogpRelease":null,"aogpSegment":null,"lastModified":"2015-07-27T17:04:10.235Z","findingAid":"Conversation No. 168-16\n\nDate: June 2, 1973\nTime: Unknown between 11:39 am and 11:56 am\nLocation: Camp David Study Table\n\nThe President talked with the Camp David operator.\n\n     Request for telephone call\n          -Alexander M. Haig, Jr.","filename":["168-016.mp3"],"tapeStart":"","tapeEnd":"","participantsList":["Nixon, Richard M. (President)","Camp David operator"],"prevCode":"168-015","nextCode":"168-017","transcript":[{"start":0.34,"end":4.68,"text":"General Haig please."},{"start":4.73,"end":6.08,"text":"Thank you Mr. President."}],"aiSummary":{"text":"President Nixon contacted the Camp David operator to facilitate a telephone connection with his Chief of Staff, Alexander M. Haig, Jr. The brief exchange served as a routine administrative request to initiate communication between the President and his top aide. No substantive policy discussions took place during this brief operator-assisted call.","topics":["Alexander M. Haig Jr.","Presidential communications","Camp David","White House staff"],"generatedAt":"2026-04-06T09:33:07.605Z"},"topicSlugs":["alexander-m-haig-jr","presidential-communications","camp-david","white-house-staff"],"audioDurationSec":12,"audioFiles":[{"file":"168-016.mp3","bytes":376832,"durationSec":11.67,"bitrate":258399,"missing":false}],"audioIsShared":false,"audioProbedAt":"2026-09-18T02:20:04.103Z","audio":["https://nixon.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/audio/168-016.mp3"],"url":"https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/168-016","nixonLibraryUrl":"https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/white-house-tapes/168/conversation-168-016","license":"Public domain (U.S. Government work). AI-generated fields (transcript, aiSummary) are provided as-is without warranty."}